4.3

CVE-2006-0996: php Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 10-04-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-0996 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 11.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.06%
0%100%
Medium · +0.25 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Duplicates 1 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 10-04-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

11.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.25 pp

From 10.81% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
11.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotephpVerified

    PHP 4.x/5.0/5.1 - PHPInfo Large Input Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Php1 product
  • phpEOL4.4.2 | 5.1.2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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